Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

is a side-scrolling adventure that is a fusion of art, classical animation, and captivating gameplay, created by artist, Michel Gagné, and game industry veteran, Joe Olson. It is developed by Shadow Planet Productions and published by Microsoft Studios.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Shadow Planet Productions is delighted to announce the release
of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet for
Mac and Linux.

The brainchild of multi-media artist, Michel Gagné, and game
veteran, Joe Olson, ITSP is a 2D
exploration/shooter/puzzle-solving downloadable game where you control your
multi-tooled flying saucer inside an alien world full of mystery, threats and
wonder. ITSP was initially published
on Xbox Live Arcade in summer 2010. The game enjoyed great reviews, good sales,
and even took home a BAFTA and an Annie Award.

Michel Gagné explains how the ports became possible, "In
late 2013, when we were told that Games for Windows Live would be retired thus
rendering Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
obsolete for the PC, Joe and I saw an opportunity to amend our contract with
Microsoft and expand the reach of our
game by being allowed to self-publish. We were able to handle the GFWL removal
and replace it with Steamworks for the PC. Next, we ported the game for both,
Mac and Linux. We've gotten many requests for a Mac version and today, we're happy
to finally deliver."

Monday, February 03, 2014

A few months ago, when it was announced that Microsoft would be retiring Game
for Windows Live, Joe and I were left with two options: Have
our game become obsolete by this coming summer or take it upon ourselves to have
GFWL removed and replaced with Steamworks. For us, this was a no-brainer.

By handling the GFWL removal
ourselves, we were able to expand the nature of our agreement with Microsoft and
be allowed to self-publish our game on services other than Steam and Amazon.com
(which Microsoft still handles). Being able to self-publish is exciting as it
offers us an opportunity to finally derive some revenue from our game.

The first partnership under our
new deal is with GameFly Digital and to celebrate the occasion, we are offering
the game at 75% off from Feb 3rd to Feb 16th . If you want to try out ITSP,
there is no better time: You'll be supporting us as developers while getting a
cool game for a fraction of the price.